Legislation unveiled in the California Senate this week would create a voluntary tax credit program to help landlords recoup rent that’s gone unpaid during the COVID-19 crisis. To qualify for…
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A bill that would have allowed tenants to pay their security deposit over six months died on the Assembly floor this week. To move forward this year, AB 3260 by…
The California Apartment Association is urging lawmakers to reject a bill that would prohibit landlords from demanding that tenants provide their security deposit in a single, upfront payment. The proposal,…
A bill introduced in the California Legislature this week would force landlords to defer rents for possibly years on end for tenants who’ve been unable — or unwilling — to…
The Judicial Council of California on Wednesday suspended its vote whether to reopen the courts and start processing unlawful-detainer actions again this summer. The California court system announced earlier this…
California courts are expected to begin processing unlawful-detainer actions again in roughly two months. The Judicial Council of California will decide by Wednesday whether to let its suspension of evictions…
AB 1482, or the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, imposes “just cause” for eviction requirements on many residential rental properties in California. If a tenancy is protected by just cause,…
In the fourth edition of the CAA Podcast, the association’s policy and compliance counsel, Whitney Prout, discusses Gov. Newsom’s latest executive order on evictions, as well as other COVID-19 related…
CAA has sponsored a Rental Housing Relief Package that would provide emergency assistance to owners and tenants financially injured by COVID-19. These are the only bills in the California Legislature that would…
The California Apartment Association has stopped legislation that would have created a statewide rental registry and targeted landlords who’ve received government assistance in response to the coronavirus. AB 2406 by…
